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The 2024 ACFLS Holiday Party was another great success and 102 family law specialists, judicial offi cers, and their respective families gathered at the Sir Frances Drake Hotel in San Francisco to celebrate each other, the holiday season, our award recipients and to just have fun. For those of you who missed it this year, be on the lookout for next year&rsqu...

Most experienced family lawyers know that personality disorders have become a significant...

Introduction – An Office Visit “I need some help – I’m lost in th...

On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued its historic rulings in the compa...

When I look back on time served on the ACFLS board, Many years from now, I won’t rem...

McClintock v. West (2013) 219 Cal.App.4th 540, 162 Cal.Rptr.3d 61. Holding: The trial co...

A Short History – Reform: Organizational changes were made to the State of Californ...

I’m very excited to serve as Editor of the ACFLS Family Law Specialist for the 2014...

FOXES AND HEDGEHOGS IN FAMILY...

Hon. Thad A. Blizzard

Having completed a year as a family court judge, with no prior family law experience, I ta...

Most family lawyers have done some limited scope representation, and we know that when it...

DOCS FOR DIVISION

Mark E. Sullivan

When you’re doing a military divorce case and it comes time to deal with the militar...

This article focuses on the income approach to determining the marital standard of living...

This year we all have experienced significant challenges and changes in our lives due to t...

Define Reality, Provide Hope The original quote is attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte: “Th...

[The first part of this article dealt with the basics of Guard and Reserve military servic...

Doveryai, no proveryai: “Trust, but verify.” Ronald Reagan famously repeated this Russian...

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